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Larry Drake Hansen v. Salt Lake City Corporation

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 18-4104 · judgment March 4, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 21, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Under Supreme Court Rule 10(c) a) Petitioner questions the correctness of the Appeals Courts' access-to-the-courts cases as noted in Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403 at n.9 (2002); as well as, as applied to the facts here and municipal liability. b) Petitioner, amongst potential future plaintiffs, need clarification of municipal liability in backward-looking access-to-the-courts cases, as well as, as applied. Petitioner respectfully requests erudite and perspicacious review and a holding and dicta cementing the apparent lacuna between the Courts of Appeals and this Court regarding municipal liability and backward-looking access-to-the-courts claims. c) Thereafter answering “b)” - Petitioner questions the correctness of the judgments of the District Court of Utah and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decisions, de novo. For example^ l) Did Plaintiff/Petitioner state a claim upon which relief may be granted? Harbury at 416. The District Court and Defendant both failed to meaningfully address Petitioner's Monellx Canton x Tuttle x Connickx Harbury (etc..) (municipal liability access claim) as it relates to Petitioner's State of Utah Constitutional right to a remedy (Section 1, Article ll) — the 10th Circuit declined to enter such a "morass;" and, 2) Should the opinions below be vacated, reversed and remanded, with leave to amend, and/or with instructions consistent with opinion?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Larry Drake Hansen

For respondent
Catherine L. Brabson
Salt Lake City Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  3. Sep 11 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Salt Lake City Corporation to respond filed.
  4. Jun 28 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 7, 2019)